Toyota, Lexus, Honda Lead New List of Brands With Cars Most Likely to Go 250,000 Miles: StudyRoad & TrackFred SmithWed, September 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM UTCAdd us on GoogleToyota Leads Brands Likely to Go 250K Miles: StudyAndi Hedrick - Car and DriverIt's certainly no secret that Toyota and Honda have strong reputations for both reliability and durability—and the latest study from iSeeCars suggests that those reputations are well-earned. In an analysis that encompassed what the group claims is more than 395 million cars, the two companies and their luxury divisions locked out the top four places in a 33-brand evaluation of the possibility of individual cars reaching 250,000 miles.Toyota's 19.7 percent chance of hitting that number represents nearly four times the average of every car in the study, giving it a clear lead. Toyota-owned Lexus is just behind that, at 14.4 percent, followed by Honda at 13.3 percent, and that company's own luxury brand Acura at 9.5 percent.DAVID MASEMOREOn the opposite end, Jaguar, Mini, and Maserati all clocked in at a bleak 0.0 percent. Major luxury brands generally fared poorly in the study, with BMW, Audi, Porsche, and Land Rover all also falling at or under 0.5 percent. In addition to the aforementioned major outliers of Lexus and Acura, Cadillac and Mercedes-Benz impressed with relatively high scores for luxury brands at 3.9 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively. Premium-brand performance was dragged up heavily by those two Japanese brands, but even with both in the sample, the average for brands considered luxury by the study was just 3.4 percent.AdvertisementAdvertisementWhile the outliers draw the biggest headlines, the most surprising piece of information in the entire study is that just five of 33 surveyed brands sit above the average 5.4 percent estimated chance of hitting that 250,000-mile benchmark. With the top four spots locked out by the standard and luxury badges from two companies, that leaves just GMC as a manufacturer outside of corporate families to sit above the average—and even GM's premium truck builder sits at just 5.8 percent, nearly 3 percent behind fourth-place Acura.Will Sabel CourtneyWhile these brand-wide numbers offer useful general guidelines for what cars are more durable than others, survival to 250,000 miles is as much about the persistence of the owner as it is about reliability in a more conventional sense. Reliability also varies by individual car models, generations, and sometimes even production years, leaving some cars from a brand to be notorious for failures while others thrive.Additionally, individual outliers that have reached the benchmark exist at all levels of the market. This author, for instance, owns two different BMWs that have hit on the test's 0.5% chance and survived well past the 250,000 mile mark; this does not necessarily mean either is reliable, just that they hit a number. Results like that are a reminder that this metric is not the ultimate test of reliability—just an interesting data point to note while considering the potential longevity of a new or used car purchase.You Might Also LikeIf You Can Only Own One Car, Make It One of TheseThese Are the Most Popular Cars by State